First time poster and new BB user here. I've gone through several threads and still am confused as to which settings seem to work best for Gmail. I can send email just fine. Receiving gmail is a different story -- sometimes minutes, sometimes an hour or more. I tried a Yahoo account just for grins and it was much faster than Gmail, pretty much immediate delivery.

What works best on the Gmail settings page? IMAP or POP? Both? Neither?

What's the best way to install the account on my device? BIS? Or as Google describes in their configuration instructions for IMAP?

I've installed/removed/re-installed my gmail account several times with various settings hoping to speed up delivery. Everything I tried seems to work, just slow on delivery to my device. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm using IMAP also. And I've followed their configuration instructions exactly. I've also used BIS for configuration. The results are the same for everything I've tried - no problems sending but slow to receive.

hmm, when i send i get an immediate copy of it, and when i try sending from another email address to my blackberry i will receive it usually before the sending gets the confirmation that the email has been sent

The weird thing is that if I set up my gmail account to forward all of my mail to my BB address, I get instant notification on my BB address. But it's still several minutes (sometimes alot more) before I get a notification on Gmail.

I'm having the same problem of real-time sent mail, but VERY inconsistent receipts. Sometimes up to three hours. I'm updating my OS today to see if that helps. I am on POP through setting up the account on my BIS.

Well, my gmail seems to be coming through instantaneously today. I removed the gmail service books, did a hard reboot on my BB, and deleted the account on BIS. I also reset my gmail settings - enabled POP and disabled IMAP. Then I waited an hour just for grins before adding the account through BIS. BINGO - problem solved. At least for now.

The only issue I have now is that my mail doesn't show as being read when logging into Gmail if it was read on my BB first. I'm not sure if this is a POP/IMAP issue, but I can live with this. At this point, I am hesitant to mess around with the setup/settings anymore. Speedy delivery to my BB is more important to me.